A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1570
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Upbeild, Wpbeild, v. P.p. upbeildit, -yt. [19th c. Eng. upbuild (1850); Beild v.] tr. To build, construct, erect (something).pres. 1513 Doug. iii vi 66.
Or euer thou may sovirly vpbeild [Sm. wpbeild] Thi cite 1513 Doug. viii iv 191.
Potitius … Ȝon altar in this cuthyll dyd vpbeild 1570 Satirical Poems xxii 43.
This bailfull bird richt beinly can vpbeild … hir noysum nestp.p. 1513 Doug. iii v 44.
Beside Hectoris voyd tumbe … Quhilk scho vpbeildit had of herbis greyn With twa altaris 1513 Doug. xi v 7 (Sm.).
Eneas … Greyt byngis has of treis mony one Vpbeildyt
